A war correspondent recounts his thirty years of experience in the field covering stories all over the globe, from Cuba and Argentina to Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.

Includes index.

Blood, ink and tears -- Nurture -- Test tubes to typewriters -- Korea -- Cub to correspondent -- Cuba libre -- Baltimore -- Viet Nam: the early days -- Viet Nam: the quickening pace -- Some princes among men -- Memories of hell -- The Indochina correspondents -- Tricks of the trade -- Home -- Some Nazis and their friends -- South America -- Schism in Pakistan -- Beware the Third World -- The wrong side of Europe's tracks -- Saigon's last gasp -- What would we do without wars?